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* ''VideoGame/Minecraft'' was known very early in its development as ''Minecraft: Order of the Stone''.

* The Justified Ancients of [=MuMu=] shortened their name to J.A.M, but then had to change their name to Music/TheKLF because there was already a (rather well known) band called Music/TheJam
* For legal reasons, The Jackson Five had to become The Jacksons when most of them left Motown and Jermaine stayed on.
* Tyrannosaurus Rex became T. Rex when they went electric.
* MGMT used to be "The Management".

* The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion became simply Blues Explosion for their 2004 album ''Damage'', stating the need to emphasize that they were a democratic band, not a solo artist with a backing group. The name change didn't stick--2012's ''Meat + Bone'' was again credited to The Jon Spencer Blue Explosion.

* The Cult were another case of a band name gradually getting shorter over time: Southern Death Cult, then Death Cult, and finally The Cult.

* ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' is now known as ''AFV''
** Even the ''abbreviation'' used in-show was once "AFHV." Maybe it's because [[ArtifactTitle the videos aren't necessarily taken in people's homes?]]

* ''[[LightNovel/OniAi Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai Yo Ne!]]'' is officially shortened to ''[=OniAi=]'' for the English release.

* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' had a "T2" logo used in many publicity materials. It was especially prominent on the cabinet art of the {{Licensed|Game}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' was originally known as ''Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World'' in Japan.

** The first ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' game was originally known as ''VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3''.

* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' had a "T2" logo used in many publicity materials.

* Royalty. "Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second," is, according to Website/TheOtherWiki: ''[[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem]].''

* Royalty. "Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second," is, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki: ''[[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem]].''

* Wiki/TVTropes was originally known as "Television Tropes & Idioms".

* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters]]'' is shortened to "KOF" on the ''Maximum Impact'' games.

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s manual and a handful of [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall breaking]] post-game threads abbreviate the game's title as WEWY. In a case of TheTheTitleConfusion, the fanbase almost universally ignored this and referred to the game as TWEWY. Solo Remix and Final Remix [[AscendedFanon just gave in and changed the acronym]].

* The United Kingdom of [[UsefulNotes/BritainVersusTheUK Great Britain]] and Northern Ireland is generally known as the United Kingdom or UK. Of course, that abbreviation is probably a contributor to [[BritainIsOnlyLondon a certain trope]].

* Charles Dickens' ''[[Literature/ThePickwickPapers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club]]'', which is always shortened to ''The Pickwick Papers''. The musical adaptation is just called ''[[UpToEleven Pickwick]]''.

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* [[Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}} 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Tsukiuta]] -> ''Tsukista''; [[Theatre/{{Alivestage}} 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Alivestage]] -> Ivesta; [[Theatre/{{SQS}} 2.5 Dimension Dance Live SolidS and Quell on Stage]] -> S.Q.S. (pronounced [=SkeSta=], short for "Square Stage")

* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'' is frequently referred to by the authors as simply [=WPaRG=]. This is even the title of the series on Archive of Our Own, despite the full title easily fitting within character limits.

* Due to character limitations on titles on Website/{{DeviantArt}}, ''Fanfic/BetterLivingThroughScienceAndPonies'' is referred to simply as ''Better'' Living there. The thumbnail uses the full title, though. Pen Stroke's [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/214923/ interview]] in regards to ''Fanfic/PastSins'' also refers to the story as ''Better Living''.

* Similarly, ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' is very often referred to--even by the author and some of the characters in the show--simply as II. Which makes season 2, which is named ''Inanimate Insanity II'', have a possibly intentionally hilarious abbreviation.